[Comment] Final results from a pivotal phase 3 malaria vaccine trial

July 4, 2015

The Lancet 386, 9988 (2015)

Author: Vasee S Moorthy, Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele

In The Lancet, the RTS,S Clinical Trials Partnership1 report the most recent results from the pivotal phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the fourth major publication from this randomised controlled trial.2–4 The trial enrolled 15 459 infants and young children at 11 centres in seven sub-Saharan African countries: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Two age groups were included: 6–12 weeks and 5–17 months at first dose. The schedule involved a primary series of three monthly doses, with a booster dose given 18 months later in one of the three trial groups.